Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Biden addresses supporters as vote count continues

Despite no clear winner and votes still being counted, presidential challenger Joe Biden expressed confidence about his prospects in key battleground states Michigan and Wisconsin.


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Speaking to his supporters from Wilmington in his home state of Delaware, Joe Biden urged them to be patient. 


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US election update: race tightens in fierce contest which is too close to call

With the count well underway, the U.S. election is tightening in a race that's too close to call.

Early projections suggest U.S. President Donald Trump is winning the popular vote, but Joe Biden is ahead in electoral college votes.


It’s been a bitter contest, with no sign of a clear winner yet- amid fears of protracted legal battles.


Nina-Maria Potts reports:


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AUSTRALIA – OPPOSITION LEADER PLEADS FOR DEMOCRACY IN US

Australias Federal Opposition Leader Athony Albanese says he has fears for the future of the US Australia alliance as votes are counted in the US election.


Shaun Bindley reports.

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US election update: votes are being counted, and results are now rolling in

The votes are being counted, and results are now rolling in.


After a bitter presidential race, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are watching the results from their respective camps- Joe Biden at his home with family in Delaware, and President Trump from the White House.


U.S. correspondent, Nina-Maria Potts has the latest. 


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Democracy campaigners in Hong Kong condemn arrest of local journalist

Democracy campaigners and journalists in Hong Kong are condemning the arrest of a local television producer as an attack on press freedom. 

Journalist Bao Choy is accused of making false statements when conducting vehicle registration searches, as part of her investigations into Hong Kong's police force. 

Richard Kimber reports.


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America on edge, as a raft of states start reporting their vote count

 

Polls have closed in a raft of U.S. states, in a bitterly contested presidential election.


Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana and several more are reporting their results, but some states are too close to call.


Nina-Maria Potts has the latest:


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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

America in its final hours of voting in historic presidential election

America is in its final hours of voting, with the first polls closing. [NB EDITORS, FIRST POLLS CLOSE AT 6PM EST/ 23 GMT]

Political aids to U.S. President Donald Trump have set up a ‘war room’ at the White House, where the incumbent president is holding a watch party with 250 invited guests.

Joe Biden spent the day in Pennsylvania urging people to get out and vote, and ends the day at his base in Wilmington, Delaware.


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Trump again slams Supreme Court decision on Penn. ballot counting extension

US Pres trump has reiterated his criticism of the Supreme Court's decision allowing the counting of postal ballots received up to three days after Election Day in Pennsylvania - as long as they're postmarked by November 3rd.

He suggested it could lead to fraud. 

Kate Fisher reports from Washington. 

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California expected to deliver win for Biden

Voters in California are expected to cast their ballots for Joe Biden by a wide margin, giving him the state's 55 electoral college votes. 


America's most populous state has already seen record turnout so far.  


Ira Spitzer has more from Oakland.


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Biden pushes support in Pennsylvania in final hours of election

US presidential hopeful Joe Biden has visited his childhood home in
Pennsylvania and in the final hours before polls close in the US
election.

He's hoping to turn the crucial swingstate blue after President Trump
won it in 2016.

Nick Harper reports from Wilmington, Delaware.

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Trump to spend final hours of campaign at White House

US president Donald Trump will be spending the last hours of the election campaign at the White House. 

Polls suggest he has only a one-in-ten chance of retaining the presidency but the numbers are close in many crucial swing states. 

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

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China Freezes Ant Group's $37 Billion Listing

China has slammed the brakes on Ant Group's bumper share sale just two days before it was due to list.

It's a dramatic development for what would have been the world's biggest initial public offering...

coming just a day after founder Jack Ma and other top executives were summoned for talks with regulators.

Patrick Fok has more details from Beijing.

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TANZANIA’S OPPOSITION LEADERS HELD AND BY POLICE FOR INSTIGATING POST ELECTION VIOLENCE

Tanzania's top Chadema leaders , Tundu Lissu, Freeman Mbowe and Godbless Lema are being held by the Tanzania Police for allegedly mobilizing youth over the weekend to start burning cars and petrol stations.

 

Daniel kijo reports


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Wisconsinites head to the polls despite coronavirus surge

Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases, large numbers of Wisconsinites are
heading to the polls to vote in this key battleground state.

As William Denselow reports from Milwaukee, a Supreme Court decision
decision has motivated some to vote in person rather than through
mail-in ballots.

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Florida poll open with slight lead for Joe Biden

Joe Biden has begun election day with a slight lead in the polls in
the swing state of Florida.

But figures show Republicans have almost matched Democrats in early
voting turnout.

Sarah Walton reports from Tallahassee

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Joe Biden spends election day in must-win Pennsylvania

US presidential hopeful Joe Biden is spending election day campaigning
in Pennsylvania, a state which could hold the keys to the White House.

Earlier the Democratic challenger visited the church in his hometown
of Wilmington, Delaware where his first wife, daughter and one of his
sons is buried.

Nick Harper reports from Wilmington.

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Election day dawns in USA

It's election day in the United States and a record number of voters are expected to participate and decide whether President Trump deserves four more years in the White House, or whether he should be replaced by Joe Biden.


Nearly 100 million Americans participated in early voting before polls officially opened at dawn on election day itself.


The stakes are enormous.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Manhunt continues in Vienna following terrorist attack

Police in Vienna are continuing their search for more attackers following a terrorist shooting in the Austrian capital. Police shot and killed one gunman who began attacking people near a local synagogue but the country's interior minister fears more gunmen could still be on the run. 

Trent Murray has the latest from Frankfurt. 

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RADIO: DRC ARMY DECLARED CHILD FREE

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The UN annual Children and Armed Conflict report has removed the Democratic Republic of Congo's army from the list of troops that recruit and use child soldiers.

The removal is only the second to have been done since 2014.


 Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa.

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Assailants kill civilians in Ethiopia


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The African Union has condemned the killing of civilians in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

A massacre, which the government says was caused by an illegal armed group, happened on 1st November. 

The armed assailants gunned down people in broad daylight.


 Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa: 


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